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(No Model.) W. T. WOOD.

PAPER. FILE.

No. 341,394. Patented May 4, 1886.

W;1\ssva. INVENTUR. %J%W4 WW7 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

XVILLIAM T. WOOD, OF \VASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

PAPER-FILE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 341,394, dated May 4,1886.

Application filed May 15, 1885. Serial No. 165,618. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

ie it known that 1, WILLIAM T. Wool), a

' citizen of the United States, residing at Washington city, in theDistrict of Columbia, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Paper-Files, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists in providing a cheap substantial article for thecompression and preservation of papers, which, from its simplicity ofconstruction, will greatly facilitate filing of papers and enable easyaccess to the same. I attain these objects by the mechanism illustratedin the accompanying drawings, which are explained in the description ofmy invention, as hereinafter set forth.

The invention is fully illustrated in the accompanying drawings, whichform a part of the specification, and in which Figure 1 represents aperspective view of a file-box complete, made entirely of wood, exceptthe clamping device and metal plate secured to the follower. In thisconstruction I show the side bars or rods connected with wooden posts a,rising from the rear corners of the bottom. The box, however, may bemade of metal, in which case the side rods may be bent down and fasteneddirectly to the bottom of the file box, dispensing with the posts a.

Fig. 2- is a rear elevation of the clamping device. Fig. 2 is a top viewof the clamping device, showing the neck d and lugs c. Fig. 2 is asideview of part of the clamping de vice. Fig. 3 is a rear elevation ofthe slotted plate which is fastened to the back of the follower. Fig. 3is a side view of the slotted plate, showing the hinged connection withthe clamping device.

The paper-file or file-box described has a front and bottom of suitableproportions. Plain-surfaced bars or rods run parallel with the bottom onboth sides of the file-box, having their ends secured to the front andbottom. Between the side rods is placed a follower, E, which is to bemoved backward and forward by means of a clamping device, constructedand arranged and operated as hereinafter described.

My clamping device is provided with perany desired pressure.

forated openings or eyelets to slide along the side rods of thefile-box, one end of the device being secured to the follower, to enableits backward and forward movement.

Between the part of the clamping device which is attached to thefollower and the eyelet which moves upon the side rod the clampingdevice is curved, so as to admit of a free movement of the eyelet partupon the side rod when the follower is free; but when the follower ispressed against the papers the'eyelets will tilt or incline, graspingthe plain-surfaced side rods and holding the follower securely at Thefollower is freed from pressure by a slight movement of the clampingdevice, to enable addition, change, or examination of papers.

For convenience in detaching the follower from the clamping device, Iform a neck, d, and lugs 6 near the end of my clamping device.

which is attached to a slotted plate fastened securely to the follower.The lugs and neck are inserted in the slotted plate, and a hingedattachment of follower and clamping device is secured, to enable thedesired backward and forward movement of the follower.

The detachment is effected by so moving the follower that the lugs onthe clamping device will be parallel with the slot in the plate andadmit of easy detachment.

There are other well-known methods of attaching or hinging the clampingdevice to the follower. The lugs and slotted plate are not an essentialfeature of my clamping device, except where easy detachment of clampingdevice and follower is desired.

In the construction of my paper-file or filebOX I use no form of metalcasting provided with indentations, corrugations, or ratcheted plates,either as side bars or on the base of my file-box. I

My invention relates to file-boxes whose sides I provide withplain-surfaced rods of wood or metal.

Other modifications of my filebox may be made in detail of constructionwithout sacrificing the principles of my invention, the essentialfeatures of which are a clamping device provided with perforatedopenings or eyelets fashioned to slide freely on the side rods of thefile-box,with a loose hinged attachment connecting the follower andclamping device, operated as shown and described.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A clamping device for file-boxes having a projecting arm or leverwhich hinges to or connects the follower and clamping device, the latterbeing provided with perforated openings or eyelets fashioned to slideupon and grasp or clamp the plain-surfaced side rods, as shown anddescribed.

2. In a file-box, the combination of a follower and clamping device, thetwo connected together by a loose joint, the clamping device providedwith openings or eyelets which slide on plain-surfaced rods or side barsof the filebox, and adapted by the loose joint to turn upon said rodsand clamp the same, as shown and described.

3. A slotted plate on the back of the follower, fashioned to receive theneck and lugs WILLIAM T. XVOOD.

\Vitnesses:

T. G. MoRRow, W. S. WOOD.

